Hanger for preventing the reverse flow of cloths with adjustable hanging pressure and hanging device for preventing the reverse flow of cloths which uses the same

ABSTRACT

A hanger for preventing reverse flow includes: a body; a pair of supports extending from the body, being apart from each other, and forming a gripping portion housing the cloth inserted in a forward direction; a hanging pressure adjusting piece extending from at least one of the body and the pair of supports; a reverse flow preventing piece obliquely extending towards the body from one of the pair of supports and the hanging pressure adjusting piece and having an extending end that elastically faces the other one of the pair of supports and the hanging pressure adjusting piece; and a hanging pressure adjusting piece projection formed on at least one of the body and the pair of supports so that the hanging pressure adjusting piece is hung thereon to adjust elasticity of the reverse flow preventing piece. When the cloth housed in the gripping portion flows in a reverse direction, a surface of the cloth is folded and secured to an end of the reverse flow preventing piece, and thus, flow of the cloth in the reverse direction is prevented.

TECHNICAL FIELD

One or more embodiments relate to a hanger for preventing the reverseflow of cloth with adjustable hanging pressure and securing laundry orpieces of cloth such as towels, dishtowels, trousers, ties, or socks notto fall due to shaking or wind while the laundry or pieces of cloth aredried or hung, and a hanging device for preventing the reverse flow ofthe cloth which uses the hanger.

BACKGROUND ART

Generally, while laundry or pieces of cloth such as towels, dishtowels,trousers, ties, or socks are dried or hung, clothespins such as aclothespin of FIG. 1 have been used to secure and prevent the laundry orpieces of cloth from falling due to shaking caused by, for example,wind. Since clothespins secure pieces of cloth with elasticity ofsprings, the clothespins apply similar pressure to highly thin cloth andhighly thick cloth.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clothespin according to the relatedart.

When pieces of cloth are fastened by, for example, the clothespin ofFIG. 1, gripping portions 50 are opened, the cloth is fastened by thegripping portions 50, and then the gripping portions 50 press the clothwith elasticity. Even when the cloth is removed from the grippingportions 50, the gripping portions 50 securing the cloth are opened byperforming a separate action, and the cloth is removed towards an entryportion 60. Such a method is effective in firmly securing cloth, but itis inconvenient because separate actions need to be performed to fastenand remove the cloth from the gripping portions 50. According to thismethod, the cloth passes the entry portion 60 when the cloth is fastenedby the gripping portions 50 and removed therefrom, and thus, thegripping portions 50 need to press and fasten the cloth with strongelasticity to prevent the cloth from slipping out of the entry portion60. Accordingly, since the gripping portions 50 have to be opened withstrong power when the cloth is fastened by the gripping portions 50 andremoved therefrom, it is difficult and inconvenient and marks may beleft on the cloth.

In this regard, the Korean Utility Model 20-0418304 discloses aclothespin, and the Korean Patent Gazette 10-1358934 discloses anintercombined clothespin.

However, the above disclosures fail to disclose a structure capable ofeasily and quickly securing and separating the cloth.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

To solve the aforementioned problems, there is a need for adjustingpower to press cloth according to its thickness in order to prevent thecloth fastened by gripping portions from falling due to shaking causedby, for example, wind, by appropriately applying pressure to the clothwhen or after the cloth is fastened by the gripping portions, and fordirectly securing or removing the cloth without an action of opening thegripping portions to fasten or remove the cloth from the grippingportions.

To this end, when the cloth is secured to the gripping portions, it isrequired to easily open the gripping portions to easily secure the clothwhile pressure is appropriately applied, and while the cloth is beingsecured to the gripping portions, appropriate pressure needs to beapplied to the cloth to firmly secure the same. Also, when the cloth isremoved from the gripping portions, the cloth should flow in thegripping portions in a forward direction, that is, one direction fromthe bottom to the top. When the cloth fails to flow in the grippingportions in a reverse direction, that is, in a downward direction, thecloth may not be removed through an entry portion of the grippingportions that the cloth enters, and thus, there is a need to make thecloth flow in the forward direction once again and be easily removedthrough an opposite side of the entry portion.

Accordingly, there is a demand for a hanger for preventing the reverseflow of the cloth and a hanging device for preventing the reverse flowof the cloth with adjustable hanging pressure that uses the hanger,which are conveniently used and work according to a method ofappropriately applying pressure to laundry or pieces of cloth such astowels, dishtowels, trousers, ties, or socks according to a thickness ofthe laundry or pieces of cloth so as to firmly secure the laundry orpieces of cloth for drying or hanging and prevent the laundry or piecesof cloth from falling due to shaking caused by, for example, wind andaccording to a method of preventing the laundry or pieces of cloth fromflowing in the gripping portions in a reverse direction without a needto open the gripping portions by performing separate actions of securingand removing the cloth.

The present disclosure is designed to satisfy the above requirements,and one or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hangerfor preventing the reverse flow of cloth which does not require anaction of opening a gripping portion to secure and remove the cloth fromthe gripping portion, and a hanging device for preventing the reverseflow of the cloth which uses the hanger.

One or more embodiments provide a hanger for preventing the reverse flowof cloth which requires relatively small power when the cloth is securedby and removed from a gripping portion, and a hanging device forpreventing the reverse flow of the cloth which uses the hanger.

One or more embodiments provide a hanger for preventing the reverse flowof cloth which is capable of adjusting pressure to press cloth accordingto its thickness by using at least one hanging pressure adjusting pieceincluded in a gripping portion so as to reduce the risk of making gripmarks on dried cloth or fabric damage, and a hanging device forpreventing the reverse flow of the cloth which uses the hanger.

One or more embodiments provide a hanger for preventing the reverse flowof cloth which is capable of preventing cloth, which is fastened by atleast one reverse flow preventing piece, from moving in a reversedirection so as to firmly secure the cloth, and a hanging device forpreventing the reverse flow of the cloth which uses the hanger.

Purposes of the disclosure are not limited thereto, and purposes thatare not stated herein will be clearly understood by one of ordinaryskill from the following descriptions.

Technical Solution

According to one or more embodiments, there is provided a hanger forpreventing reverse flow of cloth with adjustable hanging pressure, thehanger including: a body; a pair of supports extending from the body,being apart from each other, and forming a gripping portion housing thecloth inserted in a forward direction; a hanging pressure adjustingpiece extending from at least one of the body and the pair of supports;a reverse flow preventing piece which obliquely extends towards the bodyfrom one of the pair of the supports and the hanging pressure adjustingpiece and has an extending end elastically facing the other one of thepair of the supports and the hanging pressure adjusting piece, whereinthe cloth is secured between the extending end and the other one of thepair of the supports and the hanging pressure adjusting piece, and asurface of the cloth housed in the gripping portion is folded andsecured to the extending end to prevent the cloth from flowing in areverse direction that is opposite to the forward direction; and ahanging pressure adjusting piece projection which is formed on at leastone of the body and the pair of supports and on which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung to adjust elasticity of the reverseflow preventing piece.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece may extend from one of the pair ofthe supports, and the reverse flow preventing piece may extend from thehanging pressure adjusting piece and elastically face the other one ofthe pair of the supports. The hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection may be formed on at least one of the body and a supportconnected to the hanging pressure adjusting piece.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece may extend from one of the pair ofthe supports, the reverse flow preventing piece may extend from theother one of the pair of the supports, and the reverse flow preventingpiece may elastically face the hanging pressure adjusting piece. Thehanging pressure adjusting piece projection may be formed on at leastone of the body and a support connected to the hanging pressureadjusting piece.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece may include a pair of hangingpressure adjusting pieces respectively extending from the pair ofsupports, and the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection may extendfrom one of the pair of hanging pressure adjusting pieces and mayelastically face the other one of the pair of hanging pressure adjustingpieces. The hanging pressure adjusting piece projection may be formed onthe body.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece may include a pair of hangingpressure adjusting pieces respectively extending from the pair ofsupports, and the reverse flow preventing piece may include a pair ofreverse flow preventing piece respectively extending from the pair ofthe hanging pressure adjusting pieces and elastically facing each other.The hanging pressure adjusting piece projection may be formed on thebody.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece may extend from the body, and thehanging pressure adjusting piece projection may be formed on a supportthat is close to the hanging pressure adjusting piece among the pair ofthe supports.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece may extend from the body, and thehanging pressure adjusting piece projection may be formed on a supportthat is close to the hanging pressure adjusting piece among the pair ofthe supports.

A hanging device for preventing reverse flow of cloth may have astructure in which the aforementioned hangers for preventing the reverseflow of the cloth are arranged in an extension direction of the body.

Advantageous Effects

According to a hanger and a hanging device using the same according tothe one or more embodiments, it is possible to adjust pressure appliedto cloth, which is secured to a gripping portion for drying or hanging,according to its thickness so as to prevent the cloth from falling dueto wind or shaking, and thus, the cloth may be firmly secured regardlessof the thickness of laundry.

Also, when the cloth is secured and removed, there is no need to openthe griping portion with a separate action.

Solidity and convenience are provided because reduced power is requiredto secure and remove the cloth and a risk of leaving marks or of damageis reduced.

It should be understood that embodiments described herein should beconsidered in a descriptive sense only and not for purposes oflimitation. Descriptions of features or aspects within each embodimentshould typically be considered as available for other similar featuresor aspects in other embodiments.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a clothespin according to the relatedart;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hanger according to a firstembodiment;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the hanger of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which clothslips, according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating a state in which a hanging pressureadjusting piece is hung on a hanging pressure adjusting piece projectionof the hanger, according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which clothis being secured by a gripping portion while the hanging pressureadjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger, according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which clothis secured to a reverse flow preventing piece of a gripping portionwhile the hanging pressure adjusting piece is hung on the hangingpressure adjusting piece projection of the hanger, according to thefirst embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which cloth,which is hung on a reverse flow preventing piece of the grippingportion, is obliquely removed upwards while the hanging pressureadjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger, according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger, according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger, according to a third embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is not hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection of the hanger, according to a fourth embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger of FIG. 11, according to the fourth embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger, according to a fifth embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting pieces are hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projections of the hanger, according to a sixth embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting pieces are not hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projections of the hanger, according to a seventh embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is not hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection of the hanger, according to an eighth embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger of FIG. 16, according to the eighth embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is not hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection of the hanger, according to a ninth embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection of the hanger of FIG. 18, according to a ninth embodiment;and

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a hanging device for preventing thereverse flow that is formed by horizontally connecting hangers forpreventing the reverse flow of cloth with adjustable hanging pressure.

MODE FOR INVENTION

The attached drawings for illustrating embodiments of the presentdisclosure are referred to in order to gain a sufficient understandingof the present disclosure, the merits thereof, and the objectivesaccomplished by the implementation of the present disclosure. In thedescription of the present disclosure, certain detailed explanations ofthe related art are omitted when it is deemed that they mayunnecessarily obscure the essence of the disclosure. The terms used inthis specification are those general terms currently widely used in theart in consideration of functions regarding the present disclosure, butthe terms may vary according to the intention of one of ordinary skillin the art, precedents, or new technology in the art.

The disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms andshould not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forthherein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosurewill be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of thedisclosure to one of ordinary skill in the art. Thus, the terms used inthe specification should be understood not as simple names but based onthe meaning of the terms and the overall description of the disclosure.

Throughout the specification, when a portion “includes” an element,another element may be further included, rather than excluding theexistence of the other element, unless otherwise described.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described more fully withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which embodiments of thedisclosure are shown.

FIGS. 2 to 19 illustrate various embodiments of a hanger 100 forpreventing the reverse flow of cloth. Referring to FIGS. 2 to 19, thehanger 100 may include: a body 10; a pair of supports 20 and 20 aextending from the body 10, being apart from each other, and forming agripping portion 50 that houses cloth 80 secured between the supports 20and 20 a in a forward direction A; a hanging pressure adjusting piece30; hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70; and a reverse flowpreventing piece 40. The hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 extendsfrom at least one of the body 10 and the supports 20 and 20 a. Thereverse flow preventing piece 40 obliquely extends toward the body 10from one of the supports 20 and 20 a and the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30. An extending end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40elastically faces the other one of the supports 20 and 20 a and thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and secures the cloth 80therebetween. A surface of the cloth 80 housed in the gripping portion50 is folded and hung on the extending end of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 to prevent the cloth 80 from moving in a reversedirection B that is opposite to the forward direction A. The hangingpressure adjusting piece projections 70 are formed on at least one ofthe body and the supports 20 and 20 a so that the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 may be hung on any one of the hanging pressureadjusting piece projections 70. As the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70,elasticity of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 may be adjusted.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 may extend from one of thesupports 20 and 20 a, and the reverse flow preventing piece 40 mayextend from the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and elastically facethe other one of the supports 20 and 20 a. The hanging pressureadjusting piece projections 70 may be formed on at least one of the body10 and the support to which the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 isconnected.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hanger according to the firstembodiment, and FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 2,the hanger 100 may include the body 10, two supports 20 and 20 aconnected to the body 10 and forming the gripping portion 50 in whichcloth is secured, the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 extending fromone of the supports 20 and 20 a, one or more hanging pressure adjustingpiece projections 70 formed on the body 10 to have the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 hung thereon, and the reverse flow preventing piece40.

Ends of the supports 20 and 20 a are apart from each other andrespectively connected to the body 10, and the other ends of thesupports 20 and 20 a elongate. The gripping portion 50 securing thecloth is formed between the supports 20 and 20 a. An entry portion 60through which the cloth is inserted is formed between the other ends ofthe supports 20 and 20 a. The end of the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 may be connected to one of the supports 20 and 20 a which formthe gripping portion 50, for example, a distal end of the support 20 a,and the other end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 may extendtowards the body 10. One or more, for example, three hanging pressureadjusting piece projections 70 may be formed on the body 10. FIG. 2illustrates that the other end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 is not hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70.

The end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is connected to one sideof the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 which is connected to thesupport 20 a, and the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40obliquely extends towards the body 10. The reverse flow preventing piece40 does not prevent the cloth from flowing from the entry portion 60 tothe body 10, that is, allows the flow of the cloth, and has a functionof preventing the cloth from flowing from the body 10 to the entryportion 60. The hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 adjusts a locationor a gradient of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 depending on athickness of the cloth and makes the reverse flow preventing piece 40easily perform the function.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a direction in which thecloth moves from the entry portion 60 of the gripping portion 50 to thebody 10 located opposite the entry portion 60 of the gripping portion 50is defined as a ‘forward direction’, and a direction in which the clothmoves to the entry portion 60 of the gripping portion 50 from the body10 located opposite the entry portion 60 is defined as a ‘reversedirection’.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the other end of the reverse flow preventingpiece 40 does not contact the support 20 and has a gap therebetween, thesupport 20 facing the support 20 a to which the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 is connected. When the hanger for preventing thereverse flow of the cloth with adjustable hanging pressure is formed ofsynthetic resin, the hanger 100 is manufactured by injecting rawmaterials into a mold. When the mold is manufactured and the other endof the reverse flow preventing piece 40 contacts the support 20 facingthe support 20 a connected to the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30,the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is connected andattached to the support 20 during the injection. Therefore, the otherend of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is formed not to contact thesupport 20 and has the gap therebetween.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, when the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 is not hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection70, the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 does notcontact the support 20 and has the gap therebetwen.

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a state in which the cloth 80slips, according to the first embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, thincloth 80 is secured between the support 20 and the other end of thereverse flow preventing piece 40. Since the other end of the reverseflow preventing piece 40 is not in contact with the cloth 80, the cloth80 slips downwards.

In other words, in a state in which the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 is not hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70,since the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is not incontact with the support 20, the cloth 80, which is thinner than the gapbetween the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 and thesupport 20, may not be secured to the reverse flow preventing piece 40and thus may move in the reverse direction and fall.

FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to the first embodiment.FIG. 5 illustrates that the other end of the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 is hung on a middle one among three hanging pressure adjustingpiece projections 70 formed on the body 10. Since the other end of thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70, the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30is slanted. Accordingly, the reverse flow preventing piece 40, which hasthe end connected to the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and theother end obliquely extending towards the body 10, is more slanted, andthe other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 contacts thesupport 20 and is slightly bent.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which thecloth 80 is being secured to the gripping portion 50 while the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to the first embodiment. Asshown in FIG. 5, the other end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70, andalthough the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is more slanted and theother end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is in contact with thesupport 20, since the reverse flow preventing piece 40 has elasticityand the other end thereof is slanted upwards, when the cloth 80 issecured in the forward direction A upwards, the cloth 80 pushes thereverse flow preventing piece 40 upwards and produces a gap between thereverse flow preventing piece 40 and the support 20 and thus is securedin the forward direction A.

Here, at least one of the support 20 and the reverse flow preventingpiece 40 has elasticity, and an action of securing the cloth 80 issmoothly performed.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which thecloth 80 is secured to the reverse flow preventing piece 40 of thegripping portion 50 while the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 ishung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70 of thehanger, according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, in astate in which the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40contacts the support 20, when a user removes their hand from the cloth80 after the cloth 80 is secured to the gripping portion 50 whilecontacting the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 throughthe entry portion 60, the cloth 80 moves in the reverse direction B dueto gravity and tends to slip through the entry portion 60. In this case,the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is unfolded due to elasticity, andthe other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 touches and issecured to the cloth 80 in such a manner that the surface of the cloth80 is bent.

Since the cloth 80 has a soft surface, a shape of the surface is changedby a shape of an object that contacts and presses the surface of thecloth 80. When a portion of the cloth 80 is sharply pressed, the portionis deeply pressed and folded. Since the end of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40, to which the cloth 80 is secured, is more slantedtowards the body 10 than a portion of the reverse flow preventing piece40 that is connected to the support 20 a, the cloth 80 is not able tomove in the reverse direction B even though pressure is applied to thecloth 80 to make the cloth 80 move in the reverse direction B. The cloth80 is not able to move in a downward direction, that is, the reversedirection B that is opposite to a direction in which the cloth 80enters.

Therefore, while the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40is in contact with the support 20, the cloth 80 secured between thereverse flow preventing piece 40 and the support 20 does not fall to theground.

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view illustrating a state in which thecloth 80, which is secured to the reverse flow preventing piece 40 ofthe gripping portion 50, is obliquely removed upwards while the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to the first embodiment,which is viewed from the side. As shown in FIG. 8, in a state in whichthe other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is in contact withthe support 20, the cloth 80, which is secured between the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 and the support 20, is obliquely lifted upwards byrotating a bottom portion of the cloth 80 in a direction C and obliquelydrawn in a direction D. The reverse flow preventing piece 40 preventsthe cloth 80 from moving in the reverse direction B, but does notprevent the movement of the cloth 80 in the forward direction A.Therefore, because the cloth 80 may smoothly move in the direction Dthat is almost the same as the forward direction A, the cloth 80 may beeasily removed from the hanger for preventing the reverse flow of thecloth with the adjustable hanging pressure.

In the first embodiment of the hanger shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 5, threehanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 are formed on the body10, and depending on where the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 ishung, the intensity of pressure applied to the cloth 80 by the reverseflow preventing piece 40 due to elasticity of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 may differ. FIG. 5 shows that the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 is hung on the middle one among three hangingpressure adjusting piece projections 70, but when the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 is hung on the pressure adjusting piece projection 70that is close to the support 20 a connected to the end of the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30, a gradient of the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 decreases and the intensity of the pressure that thereverse flow preventing piece 40 applies to the cloth 80 due toelasticity may relatively decrease. On the other hand, when the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the pressure adjusting pieceprojection 70 that is farthest from the support 20 a connected to theend of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30, the gradient of thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 increases, and the intensity of thepressure that the reverse flow preventing piece 40 applies to the cloth80 due to elasticity may relatively increase.

When the intensity of the pressure that the reverse flow preventingpiece 40 applies to the cloth 80 due to elasticity decreases, it is easyand convenient to place the cloth 80 between the support 20 and thereverse flow preventing piece 40 through the entry portion 60 of thehanger, or remove the cloth 80 from between the support 20 and thereverse flow preventing piece 40. On the other hand, when wind blows orthe hanger is shaken, the cloth may easily fall. When the intensity ofthe pressure that the reverse flow preventing piece 40 applies to thecloth 80 due to elasticity increases, it is difficult to place the cloth80 between the support 20 and the reverse flow preventing piece 40through the entry portion 60 of the hanger, or remove the cloth 80 frombetween the support 20 and the reverse flow preventing piece 40.However, when wind blows or the hanger is shaken, the cloth 80 may befirmly secured not to fall.

The user may hang the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 on anappropriate one of the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70depending on a thickness or weight of the cloth 80 and adjust theintensity of pressure that the reverse flow preventing piece 40 appliesto the cloth 80 due to elasticity, and thus, the user may easily hang orremove the cloth 80 and allow the cloth 80 to be firmly secured.

The basic actions of securing/hanging/removing the cloth to/on/from thehanger which are described with reference to FIGS. 4, 6, 7, and 8 areapplied to other embodiments below on the same principle.

FIG. 9 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to a second embodiment. Asshown in FIG. 9, the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 maybe formed on the support 20 a, not on the body 10. When the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 formed on the support 20 a, the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 having elasticity is bent and becomes convex in amiddle portion thereof, and thus, the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 comes close to the support 20 facing the support 20 a connected tothe hanging pressure adjusting piece 30. The reverse flow preventingpiece 40 having one end connected to the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 and the other end obliquely extending towards the body 10 isrelatively and increasingly slanted, and the other end of the reverseflow preventing piece 40 contacts the support 20, thus being bent. As inthe first embodiment, the cloth 80 may smoothly flow in the grippingportion 50 in the forward direction A and may be prevented from flowingin the reverse direction B, and thus, the functions of securing,hanging, and removing the cloth 80 may be easily performed.

FIG. 10 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to a third embodiment. Asshown in FIG. 10, the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70may be formed on both the body 10 and the support 20 a. The other end ofthe reverse flow preventing piece 40, which has one end connected to thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and the other end obliquelyextending towards the body 10, contacts the support 20 by hanging thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 formed on the body 10 or on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 formed on the support 20 a, and thus, asin the first embodiment, the flow of the cloth 80 in the grippingportion 50 is smooth in the forward direction A and is prevented in thereverse direction B, and the functions of securing, hanging, andremoving the cloth 80 may be easily performed.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 may extend from one of thesupports 20 and 20 a, the reverse flow preventing piece 40 may extendfrom the other one of the supports 20 and 20 a, and the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 may elastically face the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30. The hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 may beformed on at least one of the body 10 and the support connected to thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30.

FIG. 11 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 of the hanger, according to a fourthembodiment. Referring to FIG. 11, the ends of the supports 20 and 20 aare respectively connected to both ends of the body 10, and the otherends of the supports 20 and 20 a elongate such that the gripping portion50 in which the cloth 80 is secured is formed. The end of the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is connected to the end of the support 20,which is one of the supports 20 and 20 a forming the gripping portion50, and the other end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 extendstowards the body 10. On the body 10, three hanging pressure adjustingpiece projections 70 are formed, and the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 is not hung on any of the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojections 70.

The end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is connected to the endof the support 20 a facing the support 20 connected to the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30, and the other end of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 obliquely extends towards the body 10.

In the first to third embodiments, the reverse flow preventing piece 40is connected to the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 connected to thesupport 20 a, but in the fourth embodiment, the reverse flow preventingpiece 40 is not connected to the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30,and the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 are respectively connected to the supports 20 and 20a.

Since the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on any of thehanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70, the other end of thereverse flow preventing piece 40 does not contact the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 with a gap therebetween. As in the first embodiment,when the thin cloth 80 is secured between the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 and the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40, theother end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 is not in contact withthe cloth 80, and thus, the cloth 80 may slip downwards. That is, whenthe hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on any of thehanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70, the other end of thereverse flow preventing piece 40 does not contact the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30, and the cloth 80, which is thinner than the gapbetween the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 and thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30, may not be secured to the reverseflow preventing piece 40 and thus may move in the reverse direction,thereby falling.

FIG. 12 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projections 70 of the hanger of FIG. 11, according to the fourthembodiment. Referring to FIG. 12, the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 and the reverse flow preventing piece 40 are connected to thesupports 20 and 20 a, respectively. The other end of the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 connected to the support 20, which is one ofthe supports 20 and 20 a, is hung on a middle one among three hangingpressure adjusting piece projections 70 formed on the body 10.

The end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is connected to thesupport 20 that is not connected to the reverse flow preventing piece40, and the other end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 isslanted towards the support 20 a connected to the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 and faces the body 10.

Since the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 connected tothe support 20 a is placed in a middle portion of the gripping portion50, the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40 contacts thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30, which is slanted, and appliespressure to the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30, thereby being bent.

Here, the cloth 80 is secured between the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 and the reverse flow preventing piece 40. As in the first orsecond embodiment, since the reverse flow preventing piece 40 haselasticity and the other end thereof is slanted upwards, when the cloth80 is secured in an upward direction, the cloth 80 may push the reverseflow preventing piece 40 upwards and produce a gap with the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 such that the cloth 80 moves in the forwarddirection A and is secured.

When the cloth 80 secured in the upward direction stops moving, thereverse flow preventing piece 40 presses the cloth 80 due to elasticityand is secured to the cloth 80, and thus, the cloth 80 may not move in adownward direction, that is, the reverse direction that is opposite tothe direction in which the cloth 80 enters. Therefore, the cloth 80secured between the other end of the reverse flow preventing piece 40and the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 does not fall.

Also, since the reverse flow preventing piece 40 prevents the cloth 80from moving in the reverse direction B but does not prevent the movementin the forward direction A, the cloth 80 is easily removed when thecloth 80 secured between the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and thereverse flow preventing piece 40 is removed in the upward direction.

FIG. 13 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to a fifth embodiment.Referring to FIG. 13, the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections70 are formed on both the body 10 and the support 20. When the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 formed on the support 20, the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 having elasticity is bent, becomes convex in a middleportion thereof, and comes close to the support 20 a connected to thereverse flow preventing piece 40. Accordingly, the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 contacts the reverse flow preventing piece 40, andthe reverse flow preventing piece 40 is slightly bent because of thepressure applied to the other end thereof. The user hangs the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 to the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection 70 formed on the body 10 or the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 formed on the support 20 to apply pressure betweenthe hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and the reverse flow preventingpiece 40, and the cloth 80 smoothly flows in the gripping portion 50 inthe forward direction A and is not allowed to flow in the reversedirection B. Thus, the functions of securing, hanging, and removing thecloth 80 may be easily performed.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 may include a pair of hangingpressure adjusting pieces respectively extending from the supports 20and 20 a, the reverse flow preventing piece 40 may extend from one ofthe pair of hanging pressure adjusting pieces and face the other onethereof, and the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 may beformed on the body 10.

FIG. 14 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting pieces 30 are hung on the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 of the hanger, according to a sixth embodiment.Referring to FIG. 14, the hanging pressure adjusting pieces 30 areconnected to the support 20 a and the support 20, and the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 is connected to the hanging pressure adjusting piece30 connected to the support 20 a. Since the hanging pressure adjustingpieces 30 are hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections70 formed on the body 10, pressure is applied between the other end ofthe reverse flow preventing piece 40, which is connected to the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 connected to the support 20 a, and thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 connected to the support 20.

Even in this case, depending on where the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70formed on the body 10, the intensity of the pressure that the reverseflow preventing piece 40 applies to the cloth 80 due to the intensitymay differ. The reverse flow preventing piece 40 prevents the cloth 80from moving in the reverse direction B, but does not prevent the cloth80 from moving in the forward direction A, and thus, the user may easilyperform the functions of securing/hanging/removing the cloth 80to/on/from the reverse flow preventing piece 40, which is connected tothe hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 connected to the support 20 a,and the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 connected to the support 20.

The hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 may include a pair of hangingpressure adjusting pieces respectively extending from the supports 20and 20 a, the reverse flow preventing piece 40 may include a pair ofreverse flow preventing pieces respectively extending from the pair ofhanging pressure adjusting pieces and elastically facing each other, andthe hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 may be formed on thebody 10.

FIG. 15 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting pieces 30 are not hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projections 70 of the hanger, according to a seventhembodiment. Referring to FIG. 15, the hanging pressure adjusting pieces30 are connected to the support 20 a and the support 20, and the reverseflow preventing pieces 40 are respectively connected to the hangingpressure adjusting pieces 30. The cloth 80 is secured to the other endsof the reverse flow preventing pieces 40, but since the hanging pressureadjusting pieces 30 are not hung on the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojections 70 formed on the body 10, the other ends of the reverse flowpreventing pieces 40 do not contact each other, and thus, the thin cloth80 may not be secured and may fall in the reverse direction.

When the user hangs the hanging pressure adjusting pieces 30respectively on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70formed on the body 10 or one of the hanging pressure adjusting pieces 30on one of the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 formed onthe body 10, the other ends of the reverse flow preventing pieces 40contact each other, and thus the user may easily perform the functionsof securing/hanging/removing the cloth 80 to/on/from the reverse flowpreventing pieces 40.

The hanging pressure adjusting pieces 30 may extend from the body 10,and the hanging pressure adjusting piece projections 70 may be formed onone of the supports 20 and 20 a which is close to the hanging pressureadjusting pieces 30. The reverse flow preventing pieces 40 may extendfrom the hanging pressure adjusting pieces 30 and may elastically faceone of the supports 20 and 20 a. The reverse flow preventing piece 40may extend from one of the supports 20 and 20 a and may elastically facethe hanging pressure adjusting pieces 30.

FIG. 16 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 of the hanger, according to an eighthembodiment. FIG. 17 is a front view illustrating a state in which thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 of the hanger of FIG. 16, according to theeighth embodiment. Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 is not formed on the supports 20 and 20 a but on thebody 10.

The end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is connected to thebody 10, and the other end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30elongates downwards, and thus, the end of the reverse flow preventingpiece 40 is connected to the other end of the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30. On the other end of the support 20 a that is close to thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30, the hanging pressure adjustingpiece projection 70 is formed. Referring to FIG. 16, in the state inwhich the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on the hangingpressure adjusting piece projection 70, the other end of the reverseflow preventing piece 40 does not contact the support 20 and thus, thethin cloth 80 may not be secured to the other end of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 and may fall in the reverse direction B. Referringto FIG. 17, when the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on thehanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70 formed on the support 20a, the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is bent and convex in themiddle portion thereof, and thus, the reverse flow preventing piece 40connected to the end of the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 isslanted more. Therefore, the other end of the reverse flow preventingpiece 40 contacts the support 20 and is slightly bent due to thepressure applied thereto. When the user hangs the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 formed on the body 10 on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 formed on the support 20 a so as to applypressure between the support 20 and the reverse flow preventing piece40, the cloth 80 may easily flow in the gripping portion 50 in theforward direction A and is not allowed to move in the reverse directionB such that the user may easily perform the function of securing,hanging, and removing the cloth 80.

FIG. 18 is a front view illustrating a state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 of the hanger, according to a ninthembodiment. FIG. 19 is a front view illustrating a state in which thehanging pressure adjusting piece 30 is hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70 of the hanger of FIG. 18, according to aninth embodiment. The illustrations of FIGS. 18 and 19 are the same asthose of FIGS. 16 and 17 in that the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30is not connected to the supports 20 and 20 a, but is connected to thebody 10. However, the illustrations of FIGS. 18 and 19 are differentfrom those of FIGS. 16 and 17 in that the end of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 is connected to the other end of the support 20 athat is far from the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30, and thehanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70 is formed on the otherend of the support 20 that is close to the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30. Referring to FIG. 18, in the state in which the hangingpressure adjusting piece 30 is not hung on the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection 70, the other end of the reverse flowpreventing piece 40 does not contact the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30, and thus, when the thin cloth 80 is secured between thereverse flow preventing piece 40 and the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30, the cloth 80 may not be hung and may fall in the reversedirection. Referring to FIG. 19, when the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 is hung on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70formed on the support 20, the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 isbent and convex in the middle portion thereof, and the other end of thereverse flow preventing piece 40, which has one end connected to theother end of the support 20 a, contacts the hanging pressure adjustingpiece 30 and is slightly bent due to the pressure applied thereto. Whenthe user hangs the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 formed on thebody 10 on the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection 70 formed onthe support 20 so as to apply pressure between the hanging pressureadjusting piece 30 and the reverse flow preventing piece 40, the cloth80 is secured between the hanging pressure adjusting piece 30 and thereverse flow preventing piece 40 in the gripping portion 50, and theflow of the cloth 80 in the forward direction A is smooth and in thereverse direction B is prevented. Therefore, the user may easily performthe functions of securing, hanging, and removing the cloth 80.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a hanging device for preventing thereverse flow that is formed by horizontally connecting the hangers 100for preventing the reverse flow of cloth with adjustable hangingpressure. As shown in FIG. 20, the hangers 100 are arranged in a lateraldirection. The hangers 100 may be arranged in an extension direction ofthe body 10. Here, supports of the hangers 100 may be used as supportsof adjacent hangers. The hanging device 200 may be used to easily andquickly secure and remove pieces of cloth and may be manufacturedwithout a separate assembly by performing injection once with one mold.Therefore, the hanging device 200 may be easily manufactured, andmanufacturing costs thereof may be reduced.

While one or more embodiments have been described with reference to thefigures, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the artthat various changes in form and details may be made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by thefollowing claims.

1. A hanger for preventing reverse flow of cloth with adjustable hangingpressure, the hanger comprising: a body; a pair of supports extendingfrom the body, being apart from each other, and forming a grippingportion housing the cloth inserted in a forward direction; a hangingpressure adjusting piece extending from at least one of the body and thepair of supports; a reverse flow preventing piece which obliquelyextends towards the body from one of the pair of the supports and thehanging pressure adjusting piece and has an extending end elasticallyfacing the other one of the pair of the supports and the hangingpressure adjusting piece, wherein the cloth is secured between theextending end and the other one of the pair of the supports and thehanging pressure adjusting piece, and a surface of the cloth housed inthe gripping portion is folded and secured to the extending end toprevent the cloth from flowing in a reverse direction that is oppositeto the forward direction; and a hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection which is formed on at least one of the body and the pair ofsupports and on which the hanging pressure adjusting piece is hung toadjust elasticity of the reverse flow preventing piece.
 2. The hanger ofclaim 1, wherein the hanging pressure adjusting piece extends from oneof the pair of the supports, and the reverse flow preventing pieceextends from the hanging pressure adjusting piece and elastically facesthe other one of the pair of the supports.
 3. The hanger of claim 2,wherein the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection is formed on atleast one of the body and a support connected to the hanging pressureadjusting piece.
 4. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the hanging pressureadjusting piece extends from one of the pair of the supports, thereverse flow preventing piece extends from the other one of the pair ofthe supports, and the reverse flow preventing piece elastically facesthe hanging pressure adjusting piece.
 5. The hanger of claim 4, whereinthe hanging pressure adjusting piece projection is formed on at leastone of the body and a support connected to the hanging pressureadjusting piece.
 6. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the hanging pressureadjusting piece comprises a pair of hanging pressure adjusting piecesrespectively extending from the pair of supports, and the hangingpressure adjusting piece projection extends from one of the pair ofhanging pressure adjusting pieces and elastically faces the other one ofthe pair of hanging pressure adjusting pieces, and the hanging pressureadjusting piece projection is formed on the body.
 7. The hanger of claim1, wherein the hanging pressure adjusting piece comprises a pair ofhanging pressure adjusting pieces respectively extending from the pairof supports, and the reverse flow preventing piece comprises a pair ofreverse flow preventing piece respectively extending from the pair ofthe hanging pressure adjusting pieces and elastically facing each other,and the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection is formed on thebody.
 8. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the hanging pressure adjustingpiece extends from the body, and the hanging pressure adjusting pieceprojection is formed on a support that is close to the hanging pressureadjusting piece among the pair of the supports.
 9. The hanger of claim8, wherein the hanging pressure adjusting piece projection extends fromthe hanging pressure adjusting piece and elastically faces one of thepair of the supports.
 10. The hanger of claim 8, wherein the hangingpressure adjusting piece projection extends from one of the pair of thesupports and elastically faces the hanging pressure adjusting piece. 11.A hanging device for preventing reverse flow of cloth in which theplurality of hangers for preventing the reverse flow of the cloth of anyone of claims 1 to 10 are arranged in an extension direction of thebody.